PUBHEHS 7360
Water Contamination: Sources and Health Impact
Topics focus on understanding the sources, the transport mechanisms and the fate of microbial and chemical contaminants in water, human exposure risks, tracking methods, linking to other environmental matrices and the public health impacts.
Prequisite(s): Undergraduate-level biology or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 7194
Group Studies in Environmental Health Sciences
Group studies in Environmental Health Sciences.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 7193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences
Individual studies in environmental health sciences focusing on applied topics.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 6320
Global Health and Environmental Microbiology
Fundamentals and emerging issues of health significant microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, protozoa) from water, air, soil and food, and their sources, transmission routes, treatments, detection methods and study tools. Cross-listed in Food, Science and Technology.
PUBHEHS 6310
Principles of Environmental Health Science
Survey of environmental influences on human health and strategies for prevention considering source emissions, environmental fate and transport, human exposure, dose and biological effects.
PUBHEHS 5395 / ENVENG 5195
Engineering Design for Environmental Health
Students will learn how to incorporate health information into the engineering design process. This material complements risk assessment by focusing on the design of engineering systems. The course will discuss balancing financial, health, performance and other considerations. Quantitative analysis will be conducted in soil, water, air, buildings and occupational health scenarios.
Prequisite(s): Math 1151, 1161.01 or 1161.02 and Chem 1210 or 1250 and enrollment in the CivilEn, EnvEng or PUBHEHS major program; or graduate student standing or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 5325
Principles of Occupational Health Science
Principles and practice of occupational health, including, among other topics, a history of the discipline and in‐depth consideration of occupational hazards and risks, including types, sources, exposures and health impacts.
Prequisite(s): Undergraduate section: Minimum junior standing or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 5315
Principles of Toxicology
Fundamentals of dose‐response, exposure, disposition and biotransformation of chemicals in mammalian systems; actions of toxicants in major organ systems.
Prequisite(s): Undergraduate section: Minimum junior standing or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 4530
Food Safety and Public Health
Principles and practice of food safety; transmission, inactivation and control of foodborne pathogens, hazards, toxins and allergens; risk assessment, sanitation and pest control in foods.
Prequisite(s): Microbiology 4100 or 4000; or permission from the instructor. Cross listed in FDSCTE 4536
PUBHEHS 3320
Fundamentals of Environmental Health Risk Assessment
The scientific process used by governmental agencies to evaluate public health threats due to environmental contamination. An orientation to the fundamental and applied components of risk assessment including: hazard identification, toxicology/dose‐response, exposure assessment and risk characterization.
Prequisite(s): None.